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ahmad:20491Sulaymān b. Dāwud > Shuʿbah > ʿAlī b. Zayd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakarah from his father

"O Messenger of Allah! Which of the people is the best?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are good." He said: "Then which of the people is the worst?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are bad." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2330)  

أحمد:٢٠٤٩١حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ زَيْدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ مَنْ طَالَ عُمْرُهُ وَحَسُنَ عَمَلُهُ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ مَنْ طَالَ عُمْرُهُ وَسَاءَ عَمَلُهُ  


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Collected by Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ḥākim, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
tirmidhi:2330Abū Ḥafṣ ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Khālid b. al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah > ʿAlī b. Zayd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah from his father > a man

"O Messenger of Allah! Which of the people is the best?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are good." He said: "Then which of the people is the worst?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are bad."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٢٣٣٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَفْصٍ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَجُلاً قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَىُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ قَالَ مَنْ طَالَ عُمُرُهُ وَحَسُنَ عَمَلُهُ قَالَ فَأَىُّ النَّاسِ شَرٌّ قَالَ مَنْ طَالَ عُمُرُهُ وَسَاءَ عَمَلُهُ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:20504Hawdhah b. Khalīfah > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAlī b. Zayd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakarah > Abū Bakarah > a man

"O Messenger of Allah! Which of the people is the best?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are good." He said: "Then which of the people is the worst?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are bad." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2330)  

أحمد:٢٠٥٠٤حَدَّثَنَا هَوْذَةُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَنْ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ؟ قَالَ مَنْ طَالَ عُمْرُهُ وَحَسُنَ عَمَلُهُ قَالَ فَأَيُّ النَّاسِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ مَنْ طَالَ عُمْرُهُ وَسَاءَ عَمَلُهُ  

ahmad:20415Yazīd b. Hārūn > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAlī b. Zayd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakarah from his father > a man

"O Messenger of Allah! Which of the people is the best?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are good." He said: "Then which of the people is the worst?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are bad." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2330)  

أحمد:٢٠٤١٥حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ مَنْ طَالَ عُمُرُهُ وَحَسُنَ عَمَلُهُ قَالَ فَأَيُّ النَّاسِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ مَنْ طَالَ عُمُرُهُ وَسَاءَ عَمَلُهُ  

ahmad:20443Yūnus b. Muḥammad > Ḥammād / Ibn Salamah > ʿAlī b. Zayd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakarah from his father > a man

"O Messenger of Allah! Which of the people is the best?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are good." He said: "Then which of the people is the worst?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are bad." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2330)  

أحمد:٢٠٤٤٣حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ مَنْ طَالَ عُمْرُهُ وَحَسُنَ عَمَلُهُ قَالَ فَأَيُّ النَّاسِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ مَنْ طَالَ عُمْرُهُ وَسَاءَ عَمَلُهُ  

ahmad:20480Yazīd > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAlī b. Zayd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakarah from his father

"O Messenger of Allah! Which of the people is the best?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are good." He said: "Then which of the people is the worst?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are bad." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2330)   

أحمد:٢٠٤٨٠حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَفْضَلُ؟ أَوْ قَالَ خَيْرٌ شَكَّ يَزِيدُ قَالَ مَنْ طَالَ عُمْرُهُ وَحَسُنَ عَمَلُهُ قِيلَ فَأَيُّ النَّاسِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ مَنْ طَالَ عُمْرُهُ وَسَاءَ عَمَلُهُ  

ahmad:20481Rawḥ > Ḥammād > Yūnus > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakarah > a man

"O Messenger of Allah! Which of the people is the best?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are good." He said: "Then which of the people is the worst?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are bad." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2330)  

أحمد:٢٠٤٨١حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ مَنْ طَالَ عُمْرُهُ وَحَسُنَ عَمَلُهُ قِيلَ فَأَيُّ النَّاسِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ مَنْ طَالَ عُمْرُهُ وَسَاءَ عَمَلُهُ  

ahmad:20500ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAlī b. Zayd > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakarah > Abū Bakarah And Ḥumayd Wayūnus > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakarah > a man

"O Messenger of Allah! Which of the people is the best?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are good." He said: "Then which of the people is the worst?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are bad." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2330)  

أحمد:٢٠٥٠٠حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ وَحُمَيْدٌ وَيُونُسُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ؟قَالَ مَنْ طَالَ عُمْرُهُ وَحَسُنَ عَمَلُهُ قَالَ فَأَيُّ النَّاسِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ مَنْ طَالَ عُمْرُهُ وَسَاءَ عَمَلُهُ  

darimi:2784Abū Nuʿaym > Zuhayr > ʿAlī b. Zayd b. Judʿān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah > Abū Bakrah > a man

"O Messenger of Allah! Which of the people is the best?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are good." He said: "Then which of the people is the worst?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are bad." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2330)  

الدارمي:٢٧٨٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ جُدْعَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ طَالَ عُمُرُهُ وَحَسُنَ عَمَلُهُ» قَالَ فَأَيُّ النَّاسِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ طَالَ عُمُرُهُ وَسَاءَ عَمَلُهُ»  

hakim:1256Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-Kātib > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ḥajjāj b. Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Ḥumayd And Yūnus Wathābit > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakrah > a man

"O Messenger of Allah! Which of the people is the best?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are good." He said: "Then which of the people is the worst?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are bad." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2330)  

الحاكم:١٢٥٦حَدَّثَنَاهُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْكَاتِبُ أَنْبَأَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ وَيُونُسٍ وَثَابِتٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ طَالَ عُمْرُهُ وَحَسُنَ عَمَلُهُ» قَالَ فَأَيُّ النَّاسِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ طَالَ عُمْرُهُ وَسَاءَ عَمَلُهُ»  

bayhaqi:6525[Chain 1] Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān> Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAmr al-Razzāz > Muḥammad b. ʿUbaydullāh b. Yazīd > Rawḥ b. ʿUbādah > Ḥammād > Yūnus And Ḥumayd > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakrah [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-Kārizī > ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ḥajjāj b. Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Ḥumayd And Yūnus Wathābit > al-Ḥasan > Abū Bakarah > a man

"O Messenger of Allah! Which of the people is the best?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are good." He said: "Then which of the people is the worst?" He said: "He whose life is long and his deeds are bad." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2330)   

البيهقي:٦٥٢٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الرَّزَّازُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ ثنا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ ثنا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ يُونُسَ وَحُمَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْكَارِزِيُّ أنبأ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ وَيُونُسَ وَثَابِتٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكَرَةَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أِيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ؟ قَالَ مَنْ طَالَ عُمُرُهُ وَحَسُنَ عَمَلُهُ قِيلَ فَأِيُّ النَّاسِ شَرٌّ؟ قَالَ مَنْ طَالَ عُمُرُهُ وَسَاءَ عَمَلُهُ  

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"خَيْرُ النَّاسِ من طَالَ عُمُرُهُ وَحَسُنَ عَمَلُهُ، وَشَرُّ النَّاسِ من طَالَ عُمُرُهُ وسَاءَ عَمُلُه".  

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